{"conversationCode":"869-018","tapeNumber":869,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-869-018","startDateTime":"1973-03-06T17:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-06T17:48:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Mar-1973","startTime":"12:46 PM","endDate":"6-Mar-1973","endTime":"12:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On March 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 12:48 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 869-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 869-18\n\nDate: March 6, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:46 pm and 12:48 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n          Meeting with John D. Ehrlichman\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:48 pm.\n                                             -50-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                     Tape Subject Log\n                                      (rev. May-2010)","filename":["869-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"869-017","nextCode":"869-019","transcript":[{"start":18.39,"end":18.46,"text":"you"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, two-minute meeting in the Oval Office with John D. Ehrlichman. The discussion, which lacked a recorded transcript, occurred during a period of intense focus on the ongoing Watergate investigation. No specific policy decisions or action items were documented due to the limited duration and lack of available dialogue.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","Watergate investigation","Oval Office meetings","Executive branch operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:47:04.700Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","watergate-investigation","oval-office-meetings","executive-branch-operations"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"869-018.mp3","bytes":124928,"durationSec":18.44,"bitrate":54198,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.697Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/869-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/869-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/869/conversation-869-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}